Life in abundance comes only through great love.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora,...

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Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

—Elbert Hubbard

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.

—Elbert Hubbard

Positive anything is better than negative thinking.

—Elbert Hubbard

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

—Elbert Hubbard

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

—Elbert Hubbard

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It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E.L. Doctorow

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Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal in life is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old-time rail journey—delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally with beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank God for letting you have the ride.

—Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.

—Tennessee Williams

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

—Alfred D. Souza

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Friends: It’s not the quantity, but the quality that matters. You will meet a lot of people throughout your life, not everyone will be your friend. That’s okay. You’ll know when you meet a true friend. True friends are trusting and loyal. They are there for you during good and bad times.

—Alison G. Bailey in Present Perfect

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